The New York Times is reporting on President Donald Trump’s five “mystery” meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In the wide-ranging and lengthy article, several odd and disturbing events stand out. First, video of President Trump in July of 2017 at a G-20 dinner, the one where First Lady Melania Trump sat next to Putin and President Trump later went to speak with Putin without any U.S. officials present. What was especially odd about that

Since the beginning whispers of the Trump-Russia scandal and the subsequent investigation, Donald Trump hasn’t exactly done much publicly to alleviate concerns regarding his relationship with Russia. For instance, in an early phase, we got to see him ask Russia to hack into Hillary Clinton’s emails. And in a more recent phase, we got to see him stand beside Vladimir Putin while attacking the United States.

However, as treasonous as those public actions may seem, it appears his private actions...

President Trump instructed his former personal attorney Michael Cohen to lie before Congress about a business deal he was trying to complete with the Russian government during his presidential campaign, according to a report published late Thursday.